LiveLeak Videos: Bottom up Citizen Media

Categories: Social Media, VideoPosted on December 31st, 2006

Liveleak is a citizen generated video site that allows users to redefine how news is created. Dependence on middle news media is no longer required, one can get video direct from the first hand witness.

There’s some pretty amazing, gruesome, and shocking videos here. The most popular one is witnessing the entire execution of Saddam from a camera phone. (search at your own risk)

This changes how the media landscape is being created as citizens can publish unfiltered, uncensored, content without review from a censorship. There are filters so you can select what’s appropriate to your taste level.

This is yet another example of citizen media.

Update: The Video has made it’s way to YouTube, Google Video, and Revver. The publish dates on all four sites are Dec 30th, they are talking about removing the video, I suspect that LiveLeak will not.

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[...] Saddam’s execution then became even more controversial with the proliferation of the people who viewed and about to view the actual execution on video sharing sites like YouTube and Google Video. Personalities from both blogging and podcasting networks think that the execution video clip is clearly an example of citizen media or user created media. [...]

Posted by Saddam’s Execution Proliferated On Video Sharing Sites | Podcast Fresh on January 4th, 2007 at 9:44 am

Liveleak is politically censored and shapes the overall presentation of the materials to support some very subjective opinions.

They are devious and should be investigated
Any poster who seriously argues against the war will be banned.

Posted by banniste46 on January 21st, 2008 at 7:31 pm

I think the ability to find uncensored content is awesome. Although, I don’t want my kids seeing things that are inappropriate given their young age. I guess it’s a catch 22.